This is a listing of the organizations in
Highland Park that offer early childhood care
and education for pre-school aged children. If
you know of a school or center that is not
listed, please email hpplsite@nsls.info.
For additional information about child care
services in Highland Park, see also the
Information Gateway's Social Services page
under "Child & Family Services."
The Illinois
Department of Children & Family
Services is responsible for setting
standards and licensing day care centers,
homes, group homes and child care agencies in
the state. For information about a specific
center's license status, call the DCFS Day Care
Information Hotline at (877) 746-0829. For help
choosing an affordable child care provider,
call the YWCA of Lake
County's Child Care Resource & Referral
Line at (847) 662-4247.
The Highland Park/Highwood Home Child Care
Association has put together the following
guides to help you make your child care
decisions:
Choosing Quality Child Care(Adobe PDF
file) and
Are You Licensed?(Adobe PDF file).
Note that PDF files that require the free
Adobe Reader software to view
them.) The Highland
Park/Highwood Home Child Care Association can be
reached at 847-604-2956.